How to get the path of a derived class from an inherited method?

Question

How to get the path of the current class, from an inherited method?

I have the following:

Answer 1

If you are using Composer for autoloading you can retrieve the directory without reflection.

$autoloader = require 'project_root/vendor/autoload.php';
// Use get_called_class() for PHP 5.3 and 5.4
$file = $autoloader->findFile(static::class);
$directory = dirname($file);